by William Dutton | Apr 13, 2016 | Blog
Most of our ICT4Detroit research team met today at MSU’s Detroit Center. We discussed the results of our network analysis of collaboration among non profit civic organizations in the city, and developing our plans for interviewing individuals in some of the key...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Aug 9, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the design and management of society’s core infrastructure systems (which I define broadly to include things like healthcare, education, housing and “money”) in an era marked by several important trends (for reasons suggested...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Feb 16, 2015 | Blog
Well, no, actually there isn’t (at least not yet). But there are some intriguing and potentially important efforts underway to give democracy a much needed boost via Internet-based applications and platforms. It’s certainly not hard to make the case that some help is...
by William Dutton | Oct 30, 2014 | Blog, research
Facing the nation’s largest-ever municipal bankruptcy, the city of Detroit is emerging as a test bed for initiatives aimed at reversing the city’s longstanding decline. These efforts are coming from a range of sources, including federal, state and local governments,...
by William Dutton | Oct 16, 2014 | Blog
Do you have any idea what ICT4DAg is? Well, I have had no idea until I attended a fascinating seminar with Professor Charles Steinfield that focused on his projects in sub-Saharan countries. It was the third Quello/Law School VIPP seminar. So, all of you are familiar...
